Scholars of faith : South Asian Muslim women and the embodiment of religious knowledge / Usha Sanyal.
By: Sanyal, Usha.
Language: eng.Publisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2020Description: xiv, 394 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780190120801.Subject(s): Islamic religious education -- South Asia | Muslim girls -- Education -- South Asia | Muslim women -- Education -- South Asia | Muslim girls -- Education -- India -- Case studies | Islamic religious education | Muslim girls -- Education | Muslim Women -- EducationDDC classification: 297.770820954 Summary: Since the late twentieth century, new institutions of Islamic learning for South Asian women and girls have emerged rapidly, particularly in urban areas and in the diaspora. This book reflects upon the increased access of Muslim girls and women to religious education and the purposes to which they seek to put their learning. Scholars of Faith is based on ethnographic fieldwork in two institutions of religious learning: the Jami'a Nur madrasa in Shahjahanpur, North India, and Al-Huda International, an NGO that offers online courses on Islam, especially the Qur'an. In this monograph, Sanyal argues that Islamic religious education in the early twenty-first century — particularly for women — is thoroughly 'modern' and that this modernity, reflected in both old and new interpretations of religious texts, allows young South Asian women to evaluate their place in traditional structures of patriarchal authority in the public and private spheres in novel ways.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Since the late twentieth century, new institutions of Islamic learning for South Asian women and girls have emerged rapidly, particularly in urban areas and in the diaspora. This book reflects upon the increased access of Muslim girls and women to religious education and the purposes to which they seek to put their learning.
Scholars of Faith is based on ethnographic fieldwork in two institutions of religious learning: the Jami'a Nur madrasa in Shahjahanpur, North India, and Al-Huda International, an NGO that offers online courses on Islam, especially the Qur'an. In this monograph, Sanyal argues that Islamic religious education in the early twenty-first century — particularly for women — is thoroughly 'modern' and that this modernity, reflected in both old and new interpretations of religious texts, allows young South Asian women to evaluate their place in traditional structures of patriarchal authority in the public and private spheres in novel ways.
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